The experimental apparatus is used to measure accurately the velocity of the water, and utilises the photography of aluminium particles in a flashing light. The apparatus was designed for the purpose of observing the behaviour of small benthic invertebrates in a eurrent of known characteristics at ail points in the apparatus.

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